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September 19th, 2013

Meatballs and Tomatoes from Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

This is one of my go-to meatball recipes. I adapt it to include pesto if I have some on hand, but the recipe is great made as stated in the instructions, as well. There are a lot of milk-soaked bread crumbs... read more >


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The Best of America's Test Kitchen 2009: The Year's Best Recipes, Equipment Reviews, and Tastings

By America's Test Kitchen, America's Test Kitchen
Cook's Illustrated - 2008

20th April 2010

Blueberry Scones : page 98

The technique to make these is a bit fussy. You have to grate half each of two sticks of butter then freeze the shavings for a while. But the end result is worth cleaning up little bits of butter shards off the counter. They are buttery without being too butter-heavy, the blueberries are in the right proportion to the crusty part, and the sugar-flecked topping makes for a nice, slightly crunchy element.

They did not take long to make so, if you can prepare these undistracted, it's do-able on a weekend morning.

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20th April 2010

Homemade Graham Crackers : page 259

How delicious these are! They are not quite as crisp as a store-bought graham cracker, but they are more delicious. They were incredibly easy to make. I used them to make S'mores, and they were outstanding with these cracker-cookies.

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